He Tried Not To Score

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- 09/12/2023 at 12:04 AM #195806
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  OldAsDirtUte
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- 09/12/2023 at 6:30 AM #195808
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  belli1976
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  That is high football IQ.
  - 09/12/2023 at 7:09 AM #195813
    
    ProudUte
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    Totally agree.
  - 09/12/2023 at 7:39 AM #195818
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    EagleMountainUte
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    Whitt didn’t like it. Just score. If he got stripped or pushed out of bounds it defeats the purpose.
    - 09/12/2023 at 1:07 PM #195866
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      Xanthis
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      Ganther didn’t like it. Whitt told him on the sideline he did good even though it wasn’t something they talked about. This is according to Glover in his post game interview.
    - 09/12/2023 at 1:14 PM #195867
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      Ute Dub
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      And if he would have wasted one more second, there wouldn’t be that last play by Baylor in the endzone.
      - 09/12/2023 at 1:38 PM #195869
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        EagleMountainUte
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        Well if the refs didn’t flag an inconsequential holding on Mokofisi there would have been even more time. Baylor wanted the ball. I think they all knew that. Whitt is just saying take the most points when you can.
        
        09/12/2023 at 9:49 PM #195908
        
        PhiladelphiaUte
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        It doesn’t matter if the foul was inconsequential. What matters is that it happened. It was the right call. The problem on that play wasn’t the refs. It was Mokofisi. Hopefully he learns from it.
        
        09/13/2023 at 11:26 AM #195938
        
        EagleMountainUte
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        You could call holding on most downs. It isn’t flagged because sometimes it has nothing to do with the play. JJ was five yards away from that hold. You saw how silly it was when the stupid officials had to review where it even occurred.
        Coaches probably told Mokofisi good job and don’t let it bother you.
- 09/12/2023 at 7:23 AM #195815
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  NarfUte
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  Watch at his feet and at the field level during this sideline recap – The amount of heat distortion is crazy
  - 09/12/2023 at 7:32 AM #195816
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    utahwingman
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    At one of point of the game, one of our player threw a piece of garbage to the sideline. Someone picked it up and held it to show the people on the sideline. It was the sole from a shoe, it completely came off.
- 09/12/2023 at 8:54 AM #195827
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  utefansince79
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  I thought perhaps he was trying to take as many ticks off the clock as possible before scoring as even a PAT distance field goal can fail. Then the Bear defender deliberately shoved him over the goal line.
  
  Unusual situation.
  - 09/12/2023 at 9:17 AM #195832
    
    EagleMountainUte
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    Look at what happened when Baylor got the ball back. They almost had enough time. Baylor wanted Utah to score on the previous down.
    - 09/12/2023 at 12:31 PM #195861
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      DataUte
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      Our luck is Glover goes down at the 1, we have a false start, unsportsmanlike conduct, then holding, then miss the FG. JK
    - 09/12/2023 at 2:46 PM #195873
      
      fosternano
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      Yeah, if you watch the replay, Baylors defenders let him through to score so the offense could get one last chance.
  - 09/12/2023 at 11:26 AM #195849
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    Utah
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    Remember the Super Bowl? Philly tried to let KC score. KC’s back had a wide open lane to the endzone and sat down. Philly tried to grab him and throw him into the endzone. I say score. Make them go 75 yards in less than a minute, but I don’t trust our kicker yet.
    
    KC didn’t score, didn’t give Philly a chance to win. Both strategies are good ones, if you ask me.
    
    I like the “bleed as much time as you can then score” strategy better.
- 09/12/2023 at 12:16 PM #195857
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  DataUte
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  Whitt said if you are up by 1, you kneel. If you are tied, you score. I think it still was a heads up, well taught play to even think about the choice – punch it in, burn time, or even kneel to bleed the clock to 3 seconds and kick the FG. That shows the savvy and coaching.
  
  I also give credit to the Baylor player, knowing if he keeps him out, the clock runs so might as well push him in and see if they can do something on offense (which they nearly did!).
- 09/12/2023 at 12:22 PM #195859
  
  concerned
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  Green Bay did the same thing in the 1998 (?) super bowl against Denver. Purposely let Denver score as time was winding down to get the ball back, but wasn’t able to do anything after Denver scored.
- 09/12/2023 at 2:12 PM #195870
  
  UteDuke
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  Watch the 2020 Penn State vs. Indiana game if you need a reason to respect Glover’s decision. The resulting upset is what pushed Michael Penix Jr. into the national spotlight.
- 09/12/2023 at 11:14 PM #195912
  
  Utesbyfive
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  If you watch the Ganther & Glover interviews from this weeks press availability, you will understand a couple things. Glover was pulling something he’s done in Madden to kill clock time. Ganther was p**sed, and gave him an earful, but then said it was the smartest dumb thing he ever did. Lol.
- 09/13/2023 at 3:01 PM #195956
  
  utefansince79
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  I’ve tried the same trick in EA College Football a few times myself.
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